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They are all installed...and I am quite happy with the ride. They are a bit firmer than OEM, but still much smoother on the freeway. I do notice expansion joints and pot holes, but it is night and day compared to the completely worn out OEM ones.

It was a pretty straight forward install..no real issues. I have an alignment scheduled for Thursday.

They are all installed...and I am quite happy with the ride. They are a bit firmer than OEM, but still much smoother on the freeway. I do notice expansion joints and pot holes, but it is night and day compared to the completely worn out OEM ones.

It was a pretty straight forward install..no real issues. I have an alignment scheduled for Thursday.

That is great news. I guess I will purchase a set come spring if a sale pops up. If they are like the B4 shocks I used on my e90, they will soften up over the next couple weeks/months.

I just got the Bilstein HD installed. Installed rears myself, and had an indy install fronts. Love the ride now. Much more compliant. My biggest complaint with the worn factory shocks was the rebound was too much (bouncy). Rebound is now under control and I hardly think the compression rate (firmness) changed all that much. Roll during corning has improved greatly.

Overall, great experience with the Bilstein HD. Its a plus knowing they are a higher quality monotube design so hopefully they give me longer consistent performance vs the factory twin tubes. I do wish these shocks were black or something. Yellow is downright ugly with this wheel gap.

I need to order some Bilstein HD now. I tried eShock but their prices have gone up. Here is what I've found after some research:
Bilstein Heavy Duty Shocks/Strut Set Turner Motor: $732.84
BavAuto: $747.80
ECS Tuning: $878.02
FCP Euro: $849.80
eShock: $778.10

I've read through this thread and am soon to tackle my struts which are completely gone. I've decided to go with the Bilsein HD's and found that turnermotorsport is the cheapest I could find. Do you all suggest to change out the strut mounts as well or is that more of a preventative maintenance?